Welcome to About Rome
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Are you searching for information about the city of Venice, the “City of Water”? Now is finally online Aboutvenice.org, your tourist guide to Venice. Find all information about: history, culture, city sightseeing, maps... and much much more.
- New on aboutroma.com a special section on Roma Passcard a cultural touristic card which offers a lot of advantages for tourists from reduced tickets to discounts for the artistic events musicals and other cultural initiatives.
Finally you can find a new page (what's up in Rome!!!) on aboutroma.com, completely dedicated
to exhibitions, concerts and all the most important events of the Italian capital.
Find all the cool appointments of the Eternal City!!!- CINEMA, FESTA INTERNAZIONALE DI ROMA - ROME FILM FEST: a great festival taking place in a great city. And not just a Festival but a real feast for all the people who loves cinema, works for cinema, shows cinema.
The second edition of ROME FILM FESTIVAL will be held from the 18th to the 27th of October 2007 in Rome. Visit our special section on this important event in Rome. - Waiting the "Notte Bianca": the fifth edition of the Notte Bianca will be held on Saturday September 8th, an event that Italy’s capital can no longer do without. Romans, Italian and foreign tourists of all ages have shared the emotions of this unique experience with enthusiasm and curiosity, allowing the serene production of a myriad of activities and thereby decreeing their success.
- 30th anniversary of Estate Romana: now on a www.aboutroma.com you can easily find detailed information on all the events in Rome during summer. From theatre to cinema, dance, music and more performances in capital.
- Tour and City Sightseeing in Rome: You still don't know what to do, what to visit and how to spend your time in an everlasting city? We are pleased to annouce that there are a lot of new services for the visitors of our website. Now you can organise your visit of artistic and historical Rome in a very simple and fast way. We propose you a wide range of services: from the simple purchase of the tickets for the double-decker turist bus or the Sightseeing Cruise on the Tiber River, to the thematic guided tours inside or outside the wall of the italian capital (ancient Rome, Christian Rome and walking tours). Find also our suggestion for guided tours and excursions outside Rome. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and organise the beautiful holidays in the imperail city!!!
- Finally we've added to our webiste a section about guided tours and visits in Rome. Browse it and find our interesting suggestion for your visit in Rome: find
- Itineraries in Rome: Discover the Vicus Caprarius, called also “The City of Water”, a fascinating archaeological area in the heart of Rome. This spectacular area is a recent excavation of a imperial roman quarter. In the Vicus Caprarius the same water of Trevi Fountain gushes out.
- About Rome announces a new collaboration with PlacesOnLine.com, a tourism and vacations portal specialized since years in offering guides to places and countries all around the world. Come back to visit our site in the next weeks and you will find many new features such as: videos, travel journals / diary, postcards etc.
- Cooming Soon: come back to visit our website on the next days, you will find interesting update about City Sightseeing and Guided Tours in Rome!
- Transportation in Rome: all you need for moving in Rome is here. We've just added new pages about renting a car in Rome and about the aiports of Rome. Here you will find very usefull information regarding the two aiports in Rome (Fiumicino and Ciampino) and the airport transfer services.
- Study in Rome: more information about studying in Rome. Now is finally on line a special section on Erasmus in Rome
- Sports in Rome: added the XIII ROME MARATHON, the classic Roman Marathon race will take place in the Capital on Sunday 18 March 2007. Visit our special section about the Aceaelectrabel Trophy.
Dear visitor, Welcome to aboutrome.com
This is a non-commercial website, it is a sort of online guidebook on the city of Rome, Caput mundi! This is the only online guide of its kind giving historical and practical information available, as well as information on accommodation and the sights.
Rome, the “eternal city”, is so called because it is a place of great beauty, contrast and life. Rome is an ecletic city: the religious world centre of Catholic Church, the fabulous ruins of the centre of the Roman Empire, and modern, bustling Rome. All three seem incongruous, yet they live inside and beside each other with great ease. You will soon realise Rome was build to rule and dominate the world. Everything is on a massive scale, solid and “eternal”.
ABOUT Rome: are you planning to go to Rome? here you can find pratical information and curiosity about the city of Rome, as the Rome's history , the Romans and the Roman Empire, the art and the culture of the city as well as its famous peoples. In this part you can also read information about the economy of the city and the most important events in Rome;
INFORMATION: discover the greatness of Rome: Monuments, Museums, Buildings, Churches and Basilicas, Catacombs and Rome’s Castels. Don't loose a walk in the gardens and villas or in search of the wonderful fountains of the city. Visit our page about Holiday and Feast in Rome and take note of them! If you want to feel the roman atmosphere take a walk through the local typical markets in the city! And don’t forget to taste the Roman cuisine or … why don’t learn Culinary Art in Rome? Have a look at our webpages about Itineraries in Rome or in Lazio or, if you prefer look at our Photo Gallery! Finally if you want to know the italian way of life then attend an italian language couse and learn the italian language and culture in Rome!
ACCOMMODATION GUIDE: Rome is a city to live and to discover, in this part you will find suggestions and information to taste the “sweet life”: where to sleep with different offers for hotels in rome Search on our complete and secure on-line hotel and accommodation reservation service to find the right hotel in Rome for your needs. Not enough? Visit destinia.com and get excited travelling with more offers about hotels in Rome.
TOURISTIC GUIDE: You can't miss the pages about how to move in the city, where to go shopping but also what to do at night for example: Theatres and music! If you are interested to study abroad consult our webpage about Universities in Rome or take information about the quality of life and the cost of living in the city! Here you can find any kind of curiosity, don’t lose nothing: Look at the useful maps and at the tourist offices in Rome! Visit also our page about sports and the page about the weather situation in Rome! ;)
ADDRESSES: in this part you will find useful address for any convenience or need: emergency numbers, location of Embassy and Consulates, Medical Service, but also where to rent a bike and our list of wash & dry or Internet Points in Rome! Welcome in the “eternal city”!
